Steve Davis Robbed!

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I'm not that familiar with all of the snooker players and hate to show my ignorance but who is the Ronnie referred to in several of the posts?
 
Ronnnie O'Sullivan:

2001 World Snooker Champion
Several UK titles
Fastest 147 (max break) in history (I saw it live on the telly when I was 8)
Plus much more records
Probably the biggest name in Snooker
 
LastTwo said:
Wow, thats odd, I'm not a pro but I can perform a table length draw on a 12x6 snooker table with the same cloth as they use. The balls weigh less. I'll guarantee you Earl can out-draw Steve on a regular pool table using pool balls.
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I forgot to say that the distance between cue ball and object ball should be nearly the whole table. I congratulate you if you can perform it in that case. The shot itself is very rare and not very useful but it's nice to see. I'm sure that Earl with his very long bridge could do crazy draw stuff with the cue ball if he wanted to.

But lets get back on powerstroking in general at pro 9ball tournaments. The tables and conditions are usually very fast, especially at Matchroom events such as Mosconi cup. They barelly touch the cue ball and it easily goes 3 rails or more. A true power stroker will not have any advantage under such conditions...true or not?
 
amatuer when you see a pro barely touch the cueball and it draws three rails, that is the type of stroke that made them a pro. They can do it on fast tables, they can do it on slow tables. They do it without effort. They touch the cueball, that is exactly what they do. They draw the length of the table without even hitting the CB hard, they force follow the ball to make it loop into the rail with no effort, they apply half a tip of sidespin and they get maximum sidespin. That is a professional stroke my friend, not table conditions. It is a way that they connect with the CB. Watch a professional draw table length and see what their cuetip does. It doesn't drag on the cloth, it goes upwards and through, right above the cloth surface. That type of stroke is what I have been trying to get back for these past few months, it came and went.
 
LastTwo sez:

Watch a professional draw table length and see what their cuetip does. It doesn't drag on the cloth, it goes upwards and through, right above the cloth surface.
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What pros are you watching? Their tips go UPWARDS right about the cloth surface? What does that mean?

-djb
 
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